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Maine and Gay Marriage: One CafeMom's Response
November 7, 2009 at 7:00 AM by Cafe Kim - Comments (14)
This week Maine rejected a law that would have legalized gay marriage. In response, JoyeAustin wrote a heart-felt open letter to the voters of Maine. Here's a brief excerpt:
Below is an excerpt from a journal post by CafeMom JoyeAustin.
You got suckered.
You were misled.
You allowed ignorance to halt a hugely progressive step forward towards true equality.
Ever since our governor signed our new gay marriage law into effect earlier this year, the "Christian" groups have been running campaigns to have it repealed at the ballot. Unfortunately, they were successful. They accomplished this through fear mongering and lies, incomplete information and twisted sensationalism.
For example, they claimed that second graders would be taught about gay marriage. I have a couple questions about this. First of all, anti-gay marriage voter, WHY does this scare you so much? Marriage is marriage, a union of two people. Teaching gay marriage is the same as teaching about straight marriage, and refusing to teach it doesn't mean it will cease to exist. It exists whether you like it or not.
Click this link to read the rest of her letter to the voters of Maine.
Maine Voters Reject Gay Marriage
How Would It Harm YOU If Gays Were Allowed To Marry?
Lesbian Moms in Connecticut Can Marry
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Comments:
I have to say that it really saddend me that they voted it down. Talk about stripping somebody of their rights....
*sigh* yep... it is sad. At least ref71 passed in Wa. Its not perfect but its a step in the right direction.
YAY! What an amazing journal Joye wrote, I'm so happy to see it here too.
YAY! What an amazing journal Joye wrote, I'm so happy to see it here too.
I'm just lucky to have such good friends with open minds and loving hearts.
sorry to be the downer....i have nothing agenst gays at all love them! BUT when it comes to marriage it should only between a man a women......
according to whom kayla? how can we say we are a country of equal rights when a specific group of our country is denied rights?
"I love gays, but don't want them to have rights"... sigh.
Yay Joye! It was a great journal, I'm so proud to be your friend :)
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Joye's got it right.
Pishyah Nov. 7, 2009 at 8:10 AM